Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there.”

It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.

A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness – but who can bear a crushed spirit?

So the king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will take care of you while you are with me in Jerusalem.”

It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons.

For forty years you sustained them. Even in the desert they never lacked anything. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.

Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year.

I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor – you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’

Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.

He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!”

But Barzillai was very old – eighty years old, in fact – and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.

“God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

“Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you.”

When Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

When the Israelites had mustered and had received their supplies, they marched out to face them in battle. When the Israelites deployed opposite them, they were like two small flocks of goats, but the Syrians filled the land.

It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons.

Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.